Method and system for supporting purchase of game item
AssigneeNhn Corporation
InventorChang Woo Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a method of supporting a purchase of a game item that may support a portion of a price of the game item so that a user may easily obtain the game item. The game item purchase supporting method may include questioning a user about whether to transmit a purchase support request for the game item, generating purchase support information associated with the user to provide the user with the game item when the purchase support request of the game item is received from the user, and storing the purchase support information to match identification information of the user.
Claims21
A method using a processor to support a purchase of a game item, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for acquiring a game item, the request being associated with a purchase support request;
- determining, by the processor, whether purchase support information exist;
- generating, using the processor, the purchase support information if a price for acquiring the game item is greater than a game money;
- determining, by the processor, a reimbursement ratio and purchase supporting amount, the reimbursement ratio comprising ratio of an amount to be used for redeeming the purchase supporting amount;
- providing a purchase supporting money by subtracting an amount of the determined reimbursement ratio from the purchase supporting amount;
- and
- generating a rejection message of the purchase support information associated with providing the purchase supporting money in response to detection of the existence of the purchase supporting information.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising an executable program which, when executed, performs the method:
- receiving a purchase support request for a game item, the purchase support request transmitted from a user terminal;
- determining whether purchase support information exist;
- generating the purchase support information if a price for acquiring the game item is greater than a game money;
- generating an identifier of the game item corresponding to identification information of the user terminal, wherein the purchase support information in association with identification information of the user is stored in a storage device;
- providing a purchase support information based on the game money and activity points by subtracting reimbursement amount from a purchase supporting amount;
- and
- generating a rejection message of the purchase support information in response to detection of the existence of the purchase supporting information.
A system for supporting a purchase of a game item, the system comprising:
- one or more modules being configured and executed by one or more processors, the one or more modules comprising
- a user interface module configured to receive a purchase request or a purchase support request for a game item;
- a purchase support decision module configured to determine, by the one or more processors, whether purchase support information exist, the purchase support information being associated with purchasing the game item with respect to a user by converting game money and activity points obtained during a game into an amount associated with supporting the purchase of the game item;
- a purchase support performing module configured to generate the purchase support information if a price for acquiring the game item is greater than a game money;
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- a game item providing module configured to provide the user with a purchase support information based on the determined game money and activity points, and to provide a rejection message of the purchase support information in response to detection of the existence of the purchase supporting information.
A method that uses a processor to support purchase of a game item, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for acquiring a game item, the request being associated with purchase support information;
- determining, by the processor, whether the purchase support information being provided;
- transmitting a message rejecting of providing the purchase support information if the purchase support information being provided;
- determining, by the processor, whether game money is greater than a price of the game item if the purchase support information not being provided;
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- providing the purchase support information for acquiring the game item if the game money is determined less than the price of the game item and the purchase support information not being provided.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.